fraction
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According to the OECD, Argentina received $3.134 billion in foreign direct investment last year, a fraction of $76.877 billion attracted by Brazil and the $40.871 billion secured by Mexico.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Most Hollywood studios have cut costs in recent years as they adjust to a world in which streaming profits are a fraction of what they earned from cable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But surely the folks at Suno and Udio — prompt-based AI apps that spit out “newly” “created” “songs” to a user’s specifications — could do what Mars does for a fraction of the cost, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In mice fed a high-fat diet, a fraction containing both polyphenols and polysaccharides from white mulberry fruit produced more favorable changes in the gut microbiota than either fraction given on its own.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Notaries dealt with contracts and wills, and they kept a tiny fraction of the riches they recorded.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Copernicus Programme, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich measures sea surface height across the world's oceans every 10 days with precision down to fractions of an inch.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
You don’t have to be an expert in fractions to know that is bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
Each of these fractions also produces a harmonic.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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